biography

=**Dr. Nancy Everhart** =


 * Dr. Everhart is active in the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). She serves as research editor of //Knowledge Quest//, associate editor of //School Library Media Research// , and is a former member of the Board of Directors. She is currently the 2009 President-Elect for the American Association of School Librarians and will serve as AASL President for 2010-2011.
 * She serves as the Director of the school media program at Florida State University, School of Library and Information Studies, and as part of the Partnerships for Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center at FSU she co-directs Project LEAD an IMLS initiative that prepares school library media specialists for leadership roles via National Board Certification.
 * Winner of the 1990 ALISE Outstanding Dissertation Award, her research interests are in the area of the impact of technology on the role of the school library media specialist, evaluation of school libraries and staffing.
 * Employed as a high school library media specialist in Pennsylvania for many years, she has also served as a faculty member at St. John's University, New York.
 * She is a current member of the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Board of Directors.


 * She is the author of //Evaluating the School Library Media Center// and //Controversial Issues in School Librarianship// as well as numerous articles in the school media field.



Major: **Library Science**. Dissertation: An Analysis of the Work Activities of High School Library Media Specialists in Automated and Non-Automated Library Media Centers
 * ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:**
 * Ph.D.**, Florida State University (1988-1990)

Major: **Education, Educational Media**. Thesis: An Evaluation of the Orlando Public Library’s. Catch ‘em in the Cradle Program as Related to Program Objectives.
 * M.Ed.**, University of Central Florida (1980-1981)

Major: **Education, Library Science**. Responsible for research and teaching in school library media; Director of the School Library Media Program.
 * B.S.**, Kutztown University (1972-1975)
 * PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:**
 * 1/05- present** //Associate Professor// – **College of Information, Florida State University**.

School of Arts and Sciences, St. John’s University, New York, NY.** Responsible for research and teaching in school library media; Director of the School Library Media Program.
 * 9/96 – 12/04** //Associate Professor// – **Division of Library and Information Science, Graduate

Responsible for managing a high school media center.
 * 9/91 – 6/96** //School Library Media Specialist// – T**amaqua Area High School, Tamaqua, PA.**

Responsible for research and teaching in school library media.
 * 7/89 – 6/90** //Assistant Professor// – **Department of Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA**.

Responsible for managing a high school media center.
 * 9/83 – 6/88** //School Library Media Specialist// – **MMI Preparatory School, Freeland, PA.**

Responsible for managing a junior high school media center.
 * 9/81 – 6/83** S//chool Library Media Specialist// – **Tamaqua Area Jr. High School, Tamaqua, PA**.

**HONORS and AWARDS:**
 * Leadership Certificate Award**. Florida State University Quality Enhancement Plan: LEAD. (2006)


 * Judy Pitts Research Mentor Award**, Indiana University School of Library and Information Science and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (2002)


 * Who’s Who in School Librarianship**, Lion Internet Forum for School Librarians (1997)


 * Professional Development Award**, Pennsylvania School Librarians’ Association (1993)


 * Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award**, Association For Library and Information Science Education (1991)


 * HEA Title II-B Fellowship**, U.S. Department of Education (1989)


 * Madge Hutcherson Fellowship**, Florida State University, School of Library and Information Science (1988)


 * Microcomputer in the Media Center Award**, American Association of School Librarians (1988)


 * First Place, Apple Merit Competition,** Apple Computer Corp. (1987)


 * Outstanding Library Media Center Program**, United States Department of Education (1987)